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Why did I get a weird fake Yahoo Answer alert in my email?

I submitted a question about restaurants in Chicago and almost immediately got an Answer alert email. The problem is there was no answer on the site and the email simply said "2012Sorching summer comes, in order to thank everyone, characteristic, novel ..." whatever that means.

Has the site been hacked or is it just breaking down?

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    The answer was probably a spam answer - and it was reported and removed even before you were able to see it. It happens a lot here.

  • 9 years ago

    The site is just breaking down.

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